Osteomyelitis due to Salmonella enterica subsp. arizonae: The price of exotic pets

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 167-170

  Kolker, S ^a   Itsekzon, T ^a   Yinnon, A M ^a   Lachish, T ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Exotic animals; Osteomyelitis; Salmonella; Salmonella enterica subsp. arizonae; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PENICILLIN G; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; STEROID;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; AVASCULAR NECROSIS; BONE AND JOINT INFECTIONS; BONE BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EXOTIC SPECIES; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FEVER; GRAM STAINING; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; KNEE PAIN; LIZARD; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOMYELITIS; OSTEOSCLEROSIS; PEMPHIGUS VULGARIS; PET ANIMAL; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONELLA ARIZONAE; SALMONELLOSIS; SEPSIS; SNAKE; STEROID THERAPY; SURVIVAL;

ANIMALIA; IGUANA; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ARIZONAE; SERPENTES;

EID: 84856228217     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2011.03533.x     Document Type: Article

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